Brush has work cut out

The Brush Lady Beetdiggers head the 3A Region 6 games this weekend in Sterling. Here is a quick look at all the teams headed to Mason Field.Brush starts their day with a game against Florence. Brush (7-12-0) has the No. 14 seed and faces Florence who has an 11-8-0 record and got the No. 11 seed.The Florence Huskies had 160 runs this season and have given up 92. Hayley Benker is their top pitcher. Expect to see her against Brush as the winners of the early games are guaranteed a spot in the state bracket.On the other side, the Bishop Machebeuf Buffaloes (8-10-0) are the No. 23 seed and face the Sterling Lady Tigers, the No. 2 seed in the state with an 15-4-0 record.Bishop Machebeuf can come up with hits, but struggles in giving them up too. The have scored 199 runs this season but have give up 232. Keara O'Toole is their best hitter with a .569 average she had seven RBIs this season, three triples and a home run along with 29 hits and 29 runs scored. Their starting pitcher is Katie Garcia, who has a 4-6 record, has struck out 15 this season and given up 31 hits and walked 47.Sterling has scored 170 runs the season and given up just 68.Angela Marez is their most consistent hitter with a .500 average. For Sterling batters average north of .400 this season. Jenna Knudson is their RBI leader with 29 this season. She is hitting .483.Dallas Magnusson is their ace. She has a 14-3 record with 17 starts this season. She has 30 appearances and had stuck out 69, given up 23 runs and has a 1.

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44 ERA.Brush had 154 runs for and has given up 136 this season.Christian Frick is their ace with a 5.82 ERA. She has given up 82 earned runs, struck out 57 and walked 61 this season.Maggie Christensen is their most consistent hitter with a .500 average, 22 runs and 33 hits in the lead off spot. She also had 12 RBIs. Frick is the team's RBI leader with 26 this season. She also leads the team in home runs with four.Sterling faces Bishop Machebeuf at 10 a.m. at Mason Field. Brush and Florence are scheduled to start at 12:15 p.m. The winners of that game will the face off at 2:30 p.m.

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